Site Manager

Teaching Vacancies; Waterlooville; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A welcoming local school in Waterlooville seeks a highly motivated Site Manager to ensure a safe and healthy environment. You will oversee safety management, cleaning, and repairs while supporting a dynamic team and liaising with contractors. Ideal candidates will have interpersonal skills, knowledge of health and safety, and basic DIY abilities. The position offers term-time hours with a salary starting from £27,780 to £30,564 based on experience.

Benefits

Holiday entitlement

Ongoing training

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Previous relevant experience in a school or similar environment.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Responsibilities

• Provide safety management, cleaning, repair, and maintenance.
• Oversee safe use of the school site and liaise with staff.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Basic DIY skills

Self-motivation

Support for children and families

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have a vacancy for a highly motivated and effective Site Manager to join our happy and hardworking team to help provide a healthy and safe environment for our children.

We are looking for someone who can provide an excellent safety management, cleaning, repair and routine maintenance service at our school, oversee the safe use of our site and liaise with staff and contractors. We are a large junior school with eighteen classrooms and spacious grounds. We are looking for someone who will take pride in maintaining our whole site to ensure it is a welcoming environment where all our children can learn.

As we are currently in the procurement stage of a DfE School Rebuilding Programme, our new Site Manager will also be able to work with school staff, governors, the DfE team and their appointed contractors to plan and implement incredibly exciting plans for our school.

Previous relevant experience in a school or similar environment would be an advantage, but full induction and ongoing training will be provided by Hampshire’s Caretaking Support Services to new members of our team. We also hope to arrange a handover from our current Site Manager to ensure smooth transfer of responsibility.

• Are you a positive person with excellent interpersonal skills?
• Do you have a good working knowledge of Health and Safety requirements?
• Do you have a good range of basic DIY skills?
• Are you self‑motivated and willing to learn?
• Do you have high expectations of yourself and others?
• Are you keen to support children and families?

What the school offers its staff

The vacancy is for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 52 weeks per year to include term time with holiday entitlement during school holidays starting at 24 working days plus bank holidays and increasing to 27 days after 5 years HCC employment.

Our Site Manager’s core hours (during term time) are from 6:00am to 9:45am and 2:45pm to 6:30pm (6pm finish on Fridays).

This position would suit:

• One person working 37 hours as split shifts shown above; or
• Two people working 18.75 hours each - one person working the morning shift and one the afternoon shift shown above; or
• One person working 32 hours 6:00am to 12:30pm as we can make arrangements for a caretaker to complete the security checks at the end of the day

During school holidays, working hours can be altered, by agreement with the Headteacher, to suit completion of periodic cleaning and maintenance tasks.

The salary will be based on experience and will start within Hampshire’s D Grade range of £27,780 to £30,564.

Application and Contact

If you would like to join our strong staff team at our good school with exciting building plans in the pipeline, please download an application pack from our website which includes a Job Description and Person Specification for this role - www.horndeanjuniorschool.co.uk/current-vacancies. Visits are warmly welcomed and can be arranged through our Business Manager - please come and see our site before you apply. You may also like to visit our website at www.horndeanjuniorschool.co.uk.

Closing date: 12 noon Monday 12th January 2026

Job start date: February 2026, or sooner if possible

Application Pack:

• Letter from the Headteacher
• HJS Staff Structure
• HCC Site Manager Role Profile
• HJS Site Manager Job Description
• HJS Site Manager Person Specification
• Application Form
• Equalities Monitoring Form

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Please contact our Business Manager Emma Patter via email: [e-mail] or telephone: [phone] to discuss this opportunity further.